On this day, one of the most famous statues in the world - Michelangelo's Pieta – was badly damaged in a ...

On this day, one of the most famous statues in the world - Michelangelo's Pieta – was badly damaged in a vandalistic hammer attack. Michelangelo made Pietà in his youth, and it is the only statue he ...

On this day, at St. Peter’s Square in Rome, an assassination attempt on Pope St. John Paul II took place, ...

On this day, at St. Peter’s Square in Rome, an assassination attempt on Pope St. John Paul II took place, precisely on the anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady of Fatima, who back in 1917 a ...

The Second Vatican Council was solemnly declared open on this day in 1962. It was the greatest council ga ...

The Second Vatican Council was solemnly declared open on this day in 1962. It was the greatest council gathering in the history of the Catholic Church. The Council was opened by Pope (now Saint) John ...

Pope Urban VII died on this day in 1590, only 13 days after he had been elected pope. Therefore, he becam ...

Pope Urban VII died on this day in 1590, only 13 days after he had been elected pope. Therefore, he became the pope with the shortest pontificate in the history. Urban VII had been born as Giovanni Ba ...

The Pope Paul VI was born on this day as Giovanni Battista Montini. He originated from the city of Conces ...

The Pope Paul VI was born on this day as Giovanni Battista Montini. He originated from the city of Concesio, Lombardy, between Milan and Lake Garda (Lago di Garda). He was born in 1897, the same year ...

On this day in the conclave of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected p ...

On this day in the conclave of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected pope. The election was conducted after four ballots. Namely, if no candidate receives two-thirds ...

This day in 1378 marked the death of Pope Gregory XI, the last of the so-called Avignon popes. Namely, it ...

This day in 1378 marked the death of Pope Gregory XI, the last of the so-called Avignon popes. Namely, it was precisely Gregory XI who returned the seat of the papacy from Avignon to Rome. The well-kn ...

It is important to emphasize that the Vatican City State is not the same as the Holy See (the leadership ...

It is important to emphasize that the Vatican City State is not the same as the Holy See (the leadership of the Catholic Church), although the media usually correlates these terms. Besides the pope, t ...